Wittgenstein

This study seeks to situate the contribution of Leopold Godowsky and Franz Schmidt to the history of redefining left-hand piano music. Both were outstanding pianists and composers who came to the left-handed genres for their own individual reasons. They each defined their pianis…

This dissertation aims to show how the relationship between reification and music discloses problems in modern philosophy and critical musicology. In chapter one, I attempt to articulate the relationship between reification and music in order to put forward a vision for a non-re…

This thesis discusses some central aspects of Wittgenstein’s conception of language and logic in his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and brings them into relation with the philosophies of Frege and Russell. The main contention is that a fruitful way of understanding the Tractatus…

This thesis investigates the continuity of Wittgenstein’s approach to, and conception of, philosophy. Part One examines the rule-following passages of the Philosophical Investigations. I argue that Wittgenstein’s remarks can only be read as interesting and coherent if we see him…

Substance and Attribute: Western and Islamic Traditions in Dialogue

fromPublications of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society - …

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Main description: The aim of this volume is to investigate the topic of Substance and Attribute. The way leading to this aim is a dialogue between Islamic and Western Philosophy. Our project is motivated by the observation that the historical roots of Islamic and of Western Phil…

Wittgenstein in Translation: Exploring Semiotic Signatures

by Gorlée, Dinda L.

fromSemiotics, Communication and Cognition [SCC]

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The volume reveals the depths of Wittgenstein's soul-searching writings - his 'new' philosophy - by concentrating on fragments in ordinary language and using few technical terms. It applies Wittgenstein's methodological tools to the study of multilingual dialogue in philosophy, …

Geneses of postmodern art: technology as iconology

by Crowther, Paul

fromRoutledge advances in art and visual studies

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Postmodernism in the visual arts is not just another 'ism.' It emerged in the 1960s as a transformation of artistic creativity inspired by Duchamp's idea that the artwork does not have to be physically made by its creator. Products of mass culture and technology can be used just…

This project provides a philosophy of surfing. Its purpose is to give an expansive, philosophical account of the lived practice of surfing. The primary thesis is that surfing cannot be whittled down to an essence, and that instead it is best brought into view through a variety o…

Scholarship on Islam and gender consistently questions as to whether or not Islamic norms oppress Muslim women's agency. One aspect of this discussion is the issue of a Muslim woman's consent in getting married and in sexual relations. The scholarship of Kecia Ali focuses on thi…